Jewellery 

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Working with glass inevitably results over time with lots and lots (and lots) of very small pieces of coloured glass which can easily be used to turn into small items of jewellery.

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All these here are bullseye glass.

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Given the ease and minimal cost of the production and sometime the unpredictable outcomes I have tended to make a number of similar ones at the same time and throw away the ones that don't work. 

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The best glass I have found for this purpose is Bullseye dichroic glass.  Some examples images above - the fittings are very cheap and easily glued onto the back.

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The process is fairly straightforward however the results are often not predictable.  Typically three layers of 2mm glass are used or 2 layers of 3mm glass as the nature of bullseye spreads or contracts to 6mm thick.   It can be tricky placing the pieces inside the kiln without them moving so often a light tacking glue is used but even so the parts still move.  In most cases the finished piece needs further refining and shaping using a glass rotary diamond tool and refinishing with a further cycle in the kiln.

 

Kilns can be expensive - even a small one costs around £1000 so I use one at a community workshop in Cambridge (Makespace)      

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